Thanks Kuri. I might find the taste more tolerable since there is a
version that is suppose to taste that way. This would make a better
iced tea. M*rr*ge Fr*r*s has a book in the stores for about $50.
Better have some free sample coupons. A couple of decades ago we had
a fashionable Parisian department store that sold a brand of expensive
tea called Fauchon. They were gold 1oz cannisters. Ring a bell?

Jim

"cc" > wrote in message >...
> Hi Space Cowboy,
not snipped but mowed down
> The "sakura" flavor is that of a sort of "pickled cherry blossom". The
> blossom has little flavor and perfume by itself, except a few uncommon
> species, Japanese cherry blossom are just for the view, no perfume and no
> cherries later. Most of the "sakura" flavor comes from a liquid you get when
> you prepare umeboshi (salted unripe plum + shiso). They traditionnally use
> that flavor and coloring sweets, that are popular in guess what season.
> There exist chemical substitutes too. Adding some directly to the tea leaves
> is certainly "an invention". So what ? Now it's invented. From what I got,
> it existed in Japan before M*rr*ge Fr*r*s stole the idea.
>
> Crymad, Jean-Luke was the girl with the grapefruit sencha.
>
> Kuri